YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

I don't know if this is normal but ever since I had my first child, I have had tons of unwanted thoughts about the terrible things that could happen to him...I think about him getting kidnapped or hit by a car or falling down stairs or some other tragic freak accident. I talk to other moms and they ...

I'm new here so I hope I'm doing this right.. um..where to start. I grew up with a mother with severe bipolar disorder, which I now also have but its not very severe (yet?).. I am taking medication for this and it helps a little. The real problem I think comes from the trauma I experienced in my 20s...